CVE-2014-1949

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-1949
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-01-16 16:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-08-03 17:16:00 UTC
DescriptionGTK+ 3.10.9 and earlier, as used in cinnamon-screensaver, gnome-screensaver, and other applications, allows physically proximate attackers to bypass the lock screen by pressing the menu button.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-284

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu 14.04 All All All
Application Gnome Gtk All All All All
Application Gtk Gtk All All All All
Application Gtk Gtk All All All All
Operating System Linuxmint Linux Mint 17.0 All All All
Operating System Linuxmint Linux Mint 17.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-sec: cinnamon-screensaver lock bypass (tested on Fedora 20) MLIST seclists.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:162 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Bug 1064695 – CVE-2014-1949 cinnamon: bypass screensaver lock via the keyboard's Menu key CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0374 - Updated gtk+3.0 packages fix CVE-2014-1949 CONFIRM advisories.mageia.org
oss-sec: Re: cinnamon-screensaver lock bypass (tested on Fedora 20) MLIST seclists.org
[also affects Mint 17] [CVE-2014-1949]cinnamon-screensaver lock bypass (tested on Fedora 20) · Issue #44 · linuxmint/cinnamon-screensaver · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
#759145 - Followup: CVE-2014-1949: cinnamon-screensaver can be bypassed by pressing Menu key - Debian Bug report logs CONFIRM bugs.debian.org
USN-2475-1: GTK+ update | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
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